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Today the climbing of Uluru is permanently closed. There have been promises reaching back to Bob Hawke's assurance in 1983 that the climb on Uluru would end. It has taken until October 2019 for those promises to be met.

October 25, 2019 — 7:09pm

Traditional Owners pose for photos after placing the new sign of the permanent closure of the Uluru climb on the final day the climb is allowed. — 1/15
Traditional Owners pose for photos after placing the new sign of the permanent closure of the Uluru climb on the final day the climb is allowed.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

Visitors climbing up Uluru on the final day the climb is allowed. — 2/15
Visitors climbing up Uluru on the final day the climb is allowed.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

Ranger Lynda Wright places the new sign of the permanent closure of the Uluru climb. — 3/15
Ranger Lynda Wright places the new sign of the permanent closure of the Uluru climb.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

Ranger Lynda Wright celebrates with Chair of Uluru-Kata Tjuta national park, Sydney James, after placing the new sign of the permanent closure of the Uluru climb on the final day the climb is allowed. — 4/15
Ranger Lynda Wright celebrates with Chair of Uluru-Kata Tjuta national park, Sydney James, after placing the new sign of the permanent closure of the Uluru climb on the final day the climb is allowed.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

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A sign at the base of the climb telling visitors the climb is on hold due to strong winds, on the final day the climb is allowed. — 5/15
A sign at the base of the climb telling visitors the climb is on hold due to strong winds, on the final day the climb is allowed.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

Visitors climbing up Uluru on the final day the climb is allowed. — 6/15
Visitors climbing up Uluru on the final day the climb is allowed.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

Japanese man Hikaru Ide pays his respect to Uluru and the wishes of the traditional owners and has chosen not to climb, at the base of the climb on the final day it is allowed. — 7/15
Japanese man Hikaru Ide pays his respect to Uluru and the wishes of the traditional owners and has chosen not to climb, at the base of the climb on the final day it is allowed.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

Vistors to Uluru lining up for the climb, on the final day the climb is allowed. — 8/15
Vistors to Uluru lining up for the climb, on the final day the climb is allowed.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

A ranger tells people the climb is on hold due to strong winds, on the final day the climb is allowed, at Uluru. — 9/15
A ranger tells people the climb is on hold due to strong winds, on the final day the climb is allowed, at Uluru.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

Tomoyasu Kato from Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, did the climb on Thursday and will attempt to do it again Friday, on the final day the climb is allowed. — 10/15
Tomoyasu Kato from Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, did the climb on Thursday and will attempt to do it again Friday, on the final day the climb is allowed.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

Visitors climbing up Uluru on the final day the climb is allowed. — 11/15
Visitors climbing up Uluru on the final day the climb is allowed.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

Yulara resident Rick Petersen who is a non-climbing advocate at the base of the climb as vistors to Uluru line up for the climb. — 12/15
Yulara resident Rick Petersen who is a non-climbing advocate at the base of the climb as vistors to Uluru line up for the climb.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

Visitors climbing up Uluru on the final day the climb is allowed. — 13/15
Visitors climbing up Uluru on the final day the climb is allowed.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

Visitors climbing up Uluru on the final day the climb is allowed. — 14/15
Visitors climbing up Uluru on the final day the climb is allowed.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

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Uluru at sunrise on the final day the climb is allowed. — 15/15
Uluru at sunrise on the final day the climb is allowed.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen